From the Las Vegas Optic The Drug Enforcement Administration spent more than a year building a case against Robert Corbin Padilla, an Albuquerque man federal authorities have charged with trafficking drugs into Las Vegas. But according to a DEA search warrant affidavit, agents feared someone within the Las Vegas Police Department was providing information about…
From the Las Vegas Optic Agents and officers from several law enforcement agencies executed more than 20 search warrants on Sept. 19, raiding multiple homes and one business in Las Vegas. The raids were part of a federal investigation that began nearly five years ago, but recently-unsealed court documents reveal that Las Vegas wasn’t a…
From the Las Vegas Optic Twelve homes and a bank in the Las Vegas area were raided last week as federal authorities executed search warrants targeting drug traffickers and a well-known New Mexico prison gang. At least nine people from Las Vegas have been charged with federal crimes. Those arrested in Las Vegas following the…
From the Las Vegas Optic For more than a year, the Drug Enforcement Administration has been investigating, and attempting to disrupt, the flow of illegal drugs into Las Vegas, a search warrant affidavit filed in U.S. District Court shows. The lengthy investigation focused on a drug trafficking organization led by Robert Corbin Padilla, who the…
From the Las Vegas Optic A recently unsealed search warrant filed in U.S. District Court shines some light on a deadly summer in Las Vegas. Federal law enforcement agents, in a joint effort with police across the state, executed 20 search warrants statewide Thursday as part of “Operation Atonement.” According to court documents, the Violent…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Texas couple was arrested in Las Vegas after police allege they were driving a stolen semi truck cab, and failed to pay for hundreds of dollars worth of diesel fuel from an Allsup’s store. Las Vegas Police arrested 32-year-old Jason W. Ward, of Adkins, Texas, and 26-year-old Victoria C.…
From the Las Vegas Optic Las Vegas Police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old man after his body was found in the Gallinas River Saturday evening. Chief of Police David Bibb confirmed the death of Joseph Untalan in an email to the Optic Monday. According to a press release, LVPD detectives responded to an…
From the Las Vegas Optic Following a particularly violent summer, the Las Vegas Police Department is investigating four homicides and one non-fatal shooting. To date, charges have been filed in just one case. Police have provided the public with very little information on these incidents, and have denied three open records requests made by the…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas man has been charged with felony child abuse after police allege he struck a woman with a diaper bag as two children sat just feet away. Juan R. Rubio, 30, was booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center on Sept. 4, charged with abuse of a…
From the Las Vegas Optic Las Vegas Police responded to an early-morning call about loud music that led to drug charges for three people, and a charge of resisting arrest for a fourth. On Aug. 27, Police arrested 43-year-old Joseph A. Jaramillo; 29-year-old Cheri M. McMillan; 42-year-old Charlene C. Pacheco; and 36-year-old Jason R. Romero.…
